Ellen Browning Scripps established and helped to fund the following organizations:

• Scripps College in Claremont, CA, est. 1926
  • In 1926, the cover of Time Magazine was graced with a portrait of the 90-year-old philanthropist.
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, est. 1903, formerly known as the Marine Biological Association
• Scripps Research Institute
• Scripps Aquarium, La Jolla (now Birch Aquarium at Scripps)
• The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, CA
• Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA
• Scripps Metabolic Clinic
• La Jolla Woman’s Club
• Torrey Pines State Reserve
• The Children’s Pool, est. 1931
• Donations to
  • Pomona College
  • Knox College
  • Cleveland College and Cleveland Museum of Natural History
  • Constantinople Women’s College
  • San Diego State University (Scripps Cottage)
  • City of Rushville, Illinois
  • San Diego Museum Association
  • The Children’s Home, San Diego
  • St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla
  • La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
  • La Jolla-Riford Branch Library
  • San Diego Society of Natural History
  • The San Diego Museum of Man‘s Ancient Egypt exhibit
  • San Diego Zoo
  • San Diego YMCA and YWCA
  • Community Welfare Building
  • Asilomar Conference Grounds (YWCA)

Photo: Scripps College Class of 1931. Courtesy of Ellen Browning Scripps Collection, Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College.